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Why the 288 GTO Is Still the Ultimate Dream Machine · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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  As part of Ferrari Fridays, William Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace
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  Onward and upward!
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  Today Our topic is my all time favorite Ferrari.
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  I mean it's a close tie between this one and an F40.
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  But this one basically is my favorite since, you know, I was a
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  teenager when this thing came out.
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  But my all time favorite, the 288 GTO.
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  Now this car is legendary, limited build quantities, only made 272 of them.
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  But you know, this car is, you know, it was my poster car.
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  I mean obviously, you know, the F40 came out, that was another one.
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  But, you know, I was You know, 14 years old when this car came out and
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  it got put out there and it's cars just absolutely spectacular and it's
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  something I just lost after and I've been fortunate enough in my life.
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  This is a few years back.
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  I got to drive one once too.
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  So we can talk about that a little bit down the road here.
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  But anyways, it does live up to its.
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  Lives up to it.
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  Definitely.
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  Definitely.
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  So, but anyways, let's talk about the 288 GTO.
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  Now, as we all know, prior to that, the only other car Ferrari put out
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  that carried the moniker GTO, Gran Turismo Obligato, was the 250 GTO.
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  Now, so that, you know, obviously carried a lot of weight, you know, be
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  able to pull off that moniker, having that attached to your, uh, you know,
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  designation to your name of the car, because you know, they had a 250 GTO.
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  That's legendary.
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  I mean, that's beyond legendary.
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  I mean, that's just, I mean, that's like the top of the food chain.
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  Now, some other people argue some other ones, but to me, I think the
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  250 GO is the top of the food chain.
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  But anyways, you know, so it had been close to, what was that, almost 30
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  years since they had actually used that moniker on a car, so they brought it out.
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  Now, some people actually go and say the argument is, or not say the
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  argument, but the history is, oh, they built a 288 to go Group B racing.
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  Well Yes, and no, they actually didn't build that car to
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  specifically go group B racing.
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  They built the car because they were fiddling around and I don't know how
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  many of you are familiar with Italian tax laws and you know circumventing
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  those laws But in the late 70s mid 70s whatnot, you know, Italy's way of taxing
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  the car was on engine displacement So Ferrari's kind of way around that
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  was IE, let's turbocharge the cars.
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  And so they had the 208 that was in Italy that came out with, and it was
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  turbocharged and that was just basically the circumvent kind of tax laws and
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  whatnot, because the engine displacement.
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  So they were like, you know, in discussions and whatnot.
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  And so, you know, getting up a little bit, but, you know, talking
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  with his other people that are involved with their Ferraris, like,
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  Hey, you know, we need to build.
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  You know, uh, is the super car term hyper car?
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  They went to hike you want to call it, you know, really what it was not back then was
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  not, you know, in play It was not being utilized to describe any type of vehicle
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  But you know Ferrari need to be Ferrari.
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  They needed to come out with something that was, you know, legit, you know
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  Hey, this is the you know, you know top of the food chain I'm gonna use
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  that I guess wording by me a little too much but You know, they needed
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  to have something that had power, it could get out there and get up and go.
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  And, you know, in talking, using the car, I said, well, let's turbocharge,
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  we got the eight cylinder, let's, hey, let's go turbocharge that.
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  And they decided, hey, let's go that route.
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  Now, a lot of people also say, and kind of technically it was, the car
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  was kind of derived from the 308, 208.
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  But in actuality, it's a completely new different car
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  from that when they built it.
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  The only thing that remains the same was basically the roof.
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  Um, other than that, everything else, and I think possibly
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  the hood just a little bit.
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  But, um, not completely.
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  But other than that, it was all completely new.
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  Chassis the whole nine yards.
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  They didn't just stick it on something else.
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  Because what they actually did was, this is kind of weird,
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  is they lengthened the roof.
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  The chassis, your wheels, they lengthened the chassis, but shortened the car.
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  So they lengthened it, made it longer, but made it shorter.
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  Also, if you understand what I'm saying.
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  And they also made it wider than the 308.
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  Now, another thing is, this was the first use of carbon fiber.
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  Well, it's Kevlar and fiberglass.
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  You know, kind of the premonitor, precursor to utilizing carbon fiber.
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  So they started to utilize that.
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  But now it was only utilized on the hood.
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  And the roof.
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  So now I say, well, I thought they used the roof for it.
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  Well, they use the same, you know, shape and have the roof there.
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  But they really only use it on the roof and the hood.
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  Everything else was aluminum.
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  And they actually shaved close to, God, what was it?
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  500 kilograms off of this car.
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  Or 500 pounds, roughly.
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  Um, off of that, of the Rio 308.
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  I mean, so, that's a significant amount of weight.
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  On a car that's not very big.
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  So I think it was just, you know, in the 308 form was something that's just a
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  little over, like 3, 100, 3, 300 pounds, and then they got it down to like a
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  little over 600 pounds when they utilized all the lume and everything on the car.
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  So I mean that, that in itself played a major role in making this car perform.
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  So, getting to that, so they obviously designed the body, they stretched out
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  the wheelbase, shortened up the body itself, and they kicked out the tires,
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  and obviously, you know, one reason too is, is they had to be able to accommodate
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  the wider tires they put on there.
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  And obviously for grip, handling, what have you.
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  So, you know, they had to accommodate all that space, so
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  they had to make room for it.
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  So they make everything wider.
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  So what in turn that did, as we all know, gave that car that stance
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  it has, which is just, I mean.
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  You have to know your Ferraris to an extent, I mean, to the layman, they
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  probably wouldn't understand what it is, but everyone knows that when
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  they see it, oh, that's a 288 GTO.
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  I mean, it's subtle enough.
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  It wasn't like super obnoxious and aggressive when they built those in
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  regards to kind of, you know, beefing them up, make them a little more muscular, you
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  know, with the fender flares going on the front and the rear, you know, um, they,
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  they really, really did a, they did a perfect, not a perfect job, but you know,
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  they did a phenomenal, phenomenal job.
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  Not making something that was completely obnoxious.
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  Now the, the one, you know, I guess the thing against it, and this was
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  the problem they were going into a little bit, trying to sell these a
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  little bit in the beginning, even though they had no problem, they ended
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  up selling them all really quick.
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  So, you know, they had to build the, you know, um, the, the 200 cars, because
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  it's got to go back down for the groupie.
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  But anyways, we'll get back to that.
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  Um, but some people, uh, looked at it, then kicked themselves now for it too.
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  It all looks too much like a 308.
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  So they wouldn't go for the car.
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  And it was almost twice as much.
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  Um, so they wouldn't bother with it, but anyways, they had to, you know, again,
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  now when they're building these was more along the lines just to build a real car.
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  But at that time, group B was.
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  You know coming into play and fruition and there's another manufacturer out
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  there It's kind of the same boat that did the same thing with the 959 so The
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  car wasn't they didn't go and say, okay We're gonna build design this car because
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  we want to go group B racing they wanted to build this car to build a you know, a
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  collectible low volume very muscular very fast car and Their thought was then okay.
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  It will You know, fit into the parameters, you know, that we could take it and
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  modify it and go group E racing.
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  So the driving factor in making this car and building it wasn't, hey,
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  we need to build these 200 cars to homologate it to go group E racing.
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  It was, we're gonna build this car and hey, since it'll fit in those
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  parameters and requirements, let's, we can take a group E racing, let's
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  build the 200 that are required.
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  You know, and they end up building the 272.
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  But again, the key thing was, is here, was building the low volume.
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  Make it a highly collectible car, which they did.
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  Um, you know, right now, currently these things trade in, you know, the 3.
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  5 to 4 million mark, depending on mileage, shape, whatnot, class
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  C certification, what have you.
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  And they're creeping up, you know, five, six years ago, you were probably at the
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  two and a half million range, you know, that part, you know, so pretty much.
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  Almost any Ferrari Enzo era Ferrari, especially if it's a man, you'll
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  start to grow up, but I mean, you're starting to have the newer ones that
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  are coming out too, that are just.
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  You know, uh, I've seen like getting up there in price, but
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  you know, and that's what it is, you know, that's how they do it.
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  They only build X amount and their waiting list is absolutely scary.
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  So trying to get it is just nuts.
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  I mean, the only way you get in line to be able to come for our customer and
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  start buying old for buying used ones.
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  So, you know, and to be able to be on the list to buy.
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  The, like say the LaFerraris that come out, what have you,
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  they're such limited numbers.
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  I mean, you got to be the top of the food chain in regards to a Ferrari
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  collector and to start that out, you know, hey, you got to start buying the
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  cars and start having your collection.
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  You got to have five, six, seven of them and you can't just have some
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  like a 348 or something like that.
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  No, you got to have The big dogs and be able to kind of get in that line
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  to be able to get considered for it.
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  Cause those ones, you know, they choose you, you know, and they really
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  monitor what you do with your cars also and how you present because
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  you're representing their brand.
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  It's kind of, it's, it's really interesting how they go about.
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  Handling the brand itself in regards to an ownership side of it now, not to say that.
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  Hey, you know, anyone, you know, if you have the money, hey, you can go buy one.
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  But I said, if you really want to work up the food chain there and
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  get, you know, in line to be able to own and get that phone call from,
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  you know, the Ferrari North American president or what have you saying?
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  Oh, hey, Mr.
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  So and so, you know.
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  This is coming out.
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  This is, you know, top secret, blah, blah, blah.
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  We're going to invite you to this showing, yada, yada, yada, you know,
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  that kind of jazz, you know what I mean?
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  That takes a while to get to it and you got to have a lot
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  of money, let me tell you.
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  But anyways, let's get back to the 288.
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  So anyways, you know, this car was built and designed and it was, as
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  I said, it was again more along the lines to they wanted to build.
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  Their next, you know, hot thing, so to speak, you know, their, their car.
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  So it just happened.
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  The fact is, Hey, this will fit in the parameters, go group B racing.
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  And we'll get back to the group B homologation stuff a little bit later,
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  because they do end up making a, I wouldn't say modify, but they make
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  the 288 GTO evolution that is, was.
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  Basically designed and made to go for groupie racing You know, I made six
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  of them, but obviously with the demise of group B at the time wise what not
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  that's all they end up Making was that was it so and I've really got utilized
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  for what was for and those things are, you know Very highly collectible also
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  because they only made six so that is something also to keep it out there It's
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  a really different interesting looking car in regards to how they modified it.
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  They went, you know The aerodynamics, the Venturi tunnels.
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  I mean, they went extreme on that car in regards to making it competitive.
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  And it would have been cool, really cool to see that thing running
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  in a rally event like the Monte Carlo or something like that.
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  Because, you know, you kind of think, Oh, well you look at WRC
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  now, you know, you see the cars in a four wheel drive, all this stuff.
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  Well, back then, you know, obviously Audi was the one coming in with the four
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  wheel drive, but you know, a lot of the majority of everything was, you know,
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  where we'll drive with Lancia and the Oh three, seven dollar was the one that
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  was the last car, rear wheel drive car.
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  To win the, uh, uh, rally championship, you know, then everything started going
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  to four wheel drive, but you know, then they had those monster group B stuff.
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  And I tell you what, if you never have go onto YouTube, look up group B
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  rally and watch some of these videos.
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  It's insane.
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  Not only watching these people drive, but watch the spectators.
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  These people are nuts in regards to how close to like stand out in the road.
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  I mean, it's insane.
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  What these people do.
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  I mean, it's absolutely nuts, but anyways, let's get back to
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  my favorite car, the 288 GTO now.
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  The cool thing about the GTO is, you know, the 288 GTO is the fact is,
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  you know, it's not that big of a car.
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  Now, I don't know if you've ever seen one in person or got up to
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  it, but it's not that big of a car.
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  But the one thing is, it's very comfortable.
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  Now, the one thing you do is, you sit very, I don't want to say upright.
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  You, you, you know, you're not sitting in the car.
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  You're almost kind of sitting on top of it.
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  If you can understand what I'm saying, you know, and the steering wheel is fixed.
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  So it's not like this has got, you know, a button or a lever on there where he can
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  tilt and you know, all that, you know, the steering wheel or telescope or anything.
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  Nope.
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  It's fixed to where it's at.
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  So you get in there again.
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  You, you, you sit up top and say, I, I don't know if you've ever had a
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  chance to sit in one, but if you ever sat in like a 3 0 8 or something like
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  that, it's kind of the same feeling.
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  You, you sit up on it.
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  It's kind of an odd feeling.
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  You're not sitting in it because again, you know, this car's not like a, a tub.
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  It's not a carbon fiber tub.
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  How they built it and get down there, you know how this thing is made.
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  It's on a, you know, this chassis that's made onto, so
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  you're kinda sitting up on it.
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  It takes a little bit of getting used to.
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  Um, and if you're taller than 6 foot, you're gonna be in there tight.
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  I will tell you that.
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  I'm 6'1 and my head's hitting the top, what not.
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  But I didn't care because, hey, I was getting to drive it.
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  And again, you know, leg room wise, what not.
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  You know, first of all, the Italians I'm not saying this in any type of racial
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  profiling way or something, you know, they were a bit smaller, you know, and
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  shorter, and especially back in the 80s, you know, so they were kind of, I don't
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  want to say building it for them, but, you know, basically you got your designer
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  and manufacturer and engineers, they're kind of building it around themselves.
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  So, the car's a bit on the smaller side, so if you're taller than 6'1
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  you're not going to be comfortable.
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  You're not going to be driving this thing all that much.
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  But, and again, on the other side though, like for me, I didn't care
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  because, hey, it's my dream car, and you'll tolerate that stuff.
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  Now, I don't see myself being able to take one and go for a drive across country in
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  it because, oh my god, I'd probably just be dead after about an hour of my back.
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  But, anyways, it's an interesting driving position that you're in.
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  Now, all these cars, they're all built in red.
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  All of them are red.
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  There was one black one that was done special, but the 271 of them were
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  all red, all with black interior.
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  So if you see one that's a different color, um, and if you see that black
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  one, you got to find out if it's actually the true black one that was built.
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  But if you see in some other color, like there's some white ones out there,
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  some yellow ones, you know, they're, they're a wrap or they got repainted.
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  So don't let anyone tell you differently.
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  No factory, all I built was 271 reds and one black.
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  Now I've tried to dig into that to find out why or who
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  was that one black one was for.
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  And I really couldn't find much on it, which I was a little bit surprised.
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  Um, cause you would think that that would be pretty easy to find cause you know,
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  out of that car and do it is um, Do it.
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  So now I know some people say that none were done in black, but you know, um, From
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  what I could tell they they One was black.
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  So I don't know why I don't know how they pulled it off But someone did but
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  there's one black when it came from the factory Don't let me tell you differently
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  because there was one that was came in black but anyway, so we got a v8 Twin
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  turbo IHI turbo chargers that put out there now they were using on the other
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  cars like when they did that two away It was the KKK stuff and that but for I guess
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  engineering purposes I guess you could say and just build fit in the car and
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  how these is the IHI's were a better fit Because they needed to fit that vehicle.
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  They need to fit the motor in there So and the car the engine itself they fit
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  that thing in there Uh, longitudinally, if I'm saying that correctly and probably
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  not, uh, sorry about my pronunciation, but you know, hey, that's, it is what it is.
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  But anyways, to fit that in there and how that engine was placed in there,
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  you know, the IHI's were just a better fit for them and it got in there.
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  So a nice, nice tight packaging and getting in there.
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  And with that you have about, you know, the easy numbers, 400 horsepower,
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  it's usually about 395 to 400.
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  I'd say somewhere in that range.
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  Basically 400 horsepower and 369 foot pounds of torque.
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  So you got a nice power to it.
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  Now, obviously that thing not weighing much, what not.
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  Now, you know, you think, oh, that thing should be going three seconds.
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  Well, you know, it was a different time, what not.
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  But back then, zero to 60 in five seconds, that was fast.
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  And that was very fast.
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  And so, you know, that car was quick for back in its day.
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  Now, You know, you had a lot of other cars that were kind of getting up there.
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  I don't know, now this day and age you got cameras that could go faster than that.
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  But you know, you got to remember the time frame you're looking at.
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  And again, it's about the experience because you're talking about a car,
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  you know, so analog, you know, no power steering, no power brakes, no nothing.
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  I mean, it's just, just you and the car, the steering wheel and
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  the pedals, which I just love.
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  You know, to me, that's what it needs to be.
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  So it is, you know, that analog driving experience.
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  And I don't know.
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  You need anyone listening, get back out there and find something that's like that.
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  You know, I always tell people the story, you know, like me and my first, uh,
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  me and my wife got, first got together and, uh, we got married, you know, but
• 19:07
  when we first dated and married for the first three years, we were together.
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  Well, I think the first five years together, she had a Saturn
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  SL1, five speed, just bare bones, you know, first car.
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  She bought herself after she graduated college, everything that.
• 19:21
  She's gonna love that car, but by the time we got together what not we bought
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  our house what not that thing had a hundred and 37, 000 miles an hour, but
• 19:28
  no power steering, had power brakes, but you know, five speed manual and whatnot.
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  You know, I think it barely had 100 horsepower, but you know, I
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  love driving that thing because it just, it was so analog and
• 19:38
  just ringing the shit out of it.
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  I mean, it was just, I dug it.
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  It was fun.
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  I mean, you could, you know, scream that thing up there in the RPM
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  range and have some fun with it.
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  You know, now obviously the 280 GT was no Saturn and shoot me now.
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  I apologize for it.
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  I'm not comparing it.
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  Don't even go there.
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  I'm not comparing it to that.
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  Not even close.
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  God knows two opposite sides of the spectrum, but just saying is the analog
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  driving experience that you get is Second to none, you know, it's one of those
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  things where you know, you feel the road you feel the car you feel it Do it.
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  It's not sterilized.
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  It's not dumbed down.
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  So to speak, you know, it's you feel what's going on And you know, it's
• 20:16
  just such a better driving experience and you just drove it drive, you know,
• 20:19
  enjoy it that much more So anyways, so getting back to the car now we're talking
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  about, you know, uh, you know, sidewise, you know, they had the, on the tires
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  that they had a two piece speed line, aluminum wheels that they put on there.
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  And, you know, these things were actually center lock, center hubs, they're not a,
• 20:35
  you know, five lug nut thing like that.
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  No, those were, it's a center lock wheel.
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  So, which is really cool.
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  It gives it that, that real, really cool look on it.
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  So, you had the tires going on the back there and you had
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  the 225, 50, 16s at the front.
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  You had the 255, 50, 16s at the rear.
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  So yeah, 16 inch wheels on this thing now this day and age.
• 20:55
  Oh, I was rolling on 20s You know, but hey, you know, it's
• 20:57
  actually size wise what not, you know, it fits it good fits it.
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  Perfect again You know, the car is what it is, you know, and it's just, it's,
• 21:08
  to me, it's, I can say perfect, no car's absolutely perfect, but to me, in my
• 21:12
  eyes, that thing's pretty dang close.
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  Doesn't have the obnoxious wings on it, does everything like that, nice
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  and subtle, it's got that nice, I want to say ducktail spoiler on the back.
• 21:21
  You know, just giving it some of that aerodynamic, you know,
• 21:24
  capability, some downforce to it, so.
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  But again, you know, it's not People aren't taking these cars
• 21:30
  out of Radio Basin and driving them at 180 miles an hour.
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  Ain't happening.
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  You know, these cars, you're meeting your crews.
• 21:35
  Yeah, you're going to get over a hundred whatnot, but yeah, you might
• 21:38
  get over a little bit, but the lift and that thing gets taken care of
• 21:40
  by the aerodynamics on this car.
• 21:42
  Now, the one unique thing, and this kind of goes back to the group B
• 21:45
  aspect of it is the headlights on it.
• 21:47
  Now it does have the pop up headlights, but also has those four headlights that
• 21:51
  I guess you would say are in the lower valance of the front bumper, so to speak.
• 21:56
  Um, again, that was.
• 21:58
  For in essence that if they were going to go group B racing, you'll need to
• 22:01
  have the lighting and stuff like that.
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  And you had to incorporate these things into it.
• 22:04
  So hence that's why those lights are, but it gives that really cool, unique fun.
• 22:07
  I look to it and you really don't ever have to use a pop up headlights.
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  So, which is great.
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  Now, the other cool thing is if you look behind the rear wheels,
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  you'll see the three slats in it.
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  That's kind of homage to the two 50 GTO.
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  And those are functional.
• 22:19
  That's for, you know, letting the heat out, whatnot for the
• 22:22
  rear engine that's back there.
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  So keep that in mind.
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  kind of gives you a little idea of what it is.
• 22:28
  And, you know, again, interior wise, you got the legendary, you know, gated
• 22:32
  box that, again, if you ever get the opportunity to drive a manual Ferrari,
• 22:37
  that click, click, click, click, going in and out is just, it's phenomenal.
• 22:40
  I mean, it's, it's a, it's a really, really cool feeling
• 22:44
  experience and sound once you do it.
• 22:45
  I mean, it's a lot of fun.
• 22:46
  I highly recommend it.
• 22:48
  If you get the opportunity, definitely, definitely.
• 22:51
  Take it and do it.
• 22:52
  So, but anyways, that's kind of all I want to talk about that on the 288 GTO.
• 22:57
  Um, I might ramble a little too much on it.
• 22:59
  I apologize, but you know, I just love that car.
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  It's phenomenal.
• 23:02
  You know, I definitely look up, watch some videos of it.
• 23:04
  It's a, it's a interesting car to check out and listen to.
• 23:08
  And like I said, you know, It's a very, very unique car.
• 23:11
  Um, you know, it's in that, I would say the, I don't want to say the
• 23:14
  trifecta, but that, you know, the Holy Grail of Ferrari family, the 2.
• 23:19
  8 GTO F40, F50, uh, Enzo LaFerrari.
• 23:22
  So, you know, it's, it's in that whole, you know, little group there
• 23:26
  that, you know, if you're a lucky enough person to own all those cars,
• 23:28
  you're doing quite well in your life.
• 23:30
  Um, but anyways, I'm going to wrap it up with that.
• 23:34
  Um, I'm going to go and watch today the second part.
• 23:37
  Second practice session for the Miami Grand Prix because that's
• 23:39
  what's going on this weekend.
• 23:41
  So hey, I'm excited about that It looks pretty cool.
• 23:43
  Watch the first practice session, but that's about all I have to say on that and
• 23:48
  the next episode We're gonna talk about my second I guess you would say my I want
• 23:53
  to say second favorite but almost like, you know Say I got my tie there going
• 23:56
  out to a but do a 28 GTO is a little bit farther ahead You know just a smidge.
• 23:59
  But anyways, it's a f40 now again.
• 24:02
  This is another one I had to drive I didn't get to drive fast But I got
• 24:06
  to drive around a parking lot real quick and even that was Uh, enough.
• 24:09
  I just, I about, I couldn't believe it that I was having that opportunity.
• 24:12
  And yes, the person that I drove both those was the same person.
• 24:15
  They own both those cars.
• 24:16
  There was one person.
• 24:17
  So they were kind enough to let me test them out.
• 24:19
  So anyways, that's what the next episode is going to be about.
• 24:22
  We're going to talk about the F40.
• 24:23
  But anyways, that's wrapping up on the 288 GTO.
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  I appreciate everybody listening.
• 24:28
  Uh, I really, really do.
• 24:29
  So hey, and remember, spread the word.
• 24:31
  Send it out there.
• 24:32
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• 24:35
  drop so you can listen to those.
• 24:37
  And if you want to check out the, uh, YouTube channel, got a bunch of videos up.
• 24:42
  Like I said, you can check out the Ferrari marketplace or you can check out 65
• 24:44
  Motorsports and look at what's going on.
• 24:46
  I got some new stuff I just posted from the other weekend, uh, at a cars and
• 24:49
  coffee I attended and I got, uh, IMSA coming up here to mid Ohio next weekend.
• 24:54
  I'm going to head down to get some videos posted on that.
• 24:56
  But again, I appreciate everybody listening.
• 24:58
  Take care.
• 24:59
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